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...protected from. Every penny of Americans' nearly $1 trillion in revolving debt started with someone - some individual person - whipping out a piece of plastic and making a decision to use it. We could consider that free will and just call it a day, but there's plenty of reason to believe the story isn't so simple. There are piles of evidence that people are bad decision makers when it comes to how they use credit cards. Even when presented with full and fair information, they often make decisions that are not in their own economic best interest - a reality...
...exports fell again in April and fell more sharply than most analysts had expected. The value of goods and services leaving the country was down 22.6% compared to last year. Reuters reports that economists expected the drop to be only 18%. Several experts also pointed out that the reason that Chinese economic growth is still reasonably strong is due to the nation's $585 billion stimulus package...
...Indeed, congress participants across the board saw little cause for concern. "There's no reason to worry," said Manuel Mayner, whose company, Sepinum, is working with the Spanish government to launch a Ham Route which will guide tourists past some of the country's best ham-producing farms. "We've had hysteria surrounding influenzas before and nothing happened. We'll survive this one too." Even restaurant critic José Carlos Capel, who sparked the conference's biggest controversy when he lambasted the ham industry for its lack of transparency, is sure nothing will displace the product's primacy...
...volunteer put it, Ai has become a symbol for Chinese concerned about the state of society and its future course. "He makes me realize that it's possible to live as an individual in China," says the native of Liaoning province, who asked for anonymity. "I think the reason why the government is not functioning is because most people have automatically given up their own rights. The role of individuals is to stand up for our basic rights - any rights protected by the Chinese constitution, including the right to be informed, the right to supervise and other human rights...
...never leave the confines of military installations - known as Forward Operating Bases, or FOBs. Those who stay "in the wire" are often referred to with snickers as Fobbits, a play on Hobbits from Lord of the Rings. Still, anyone living at a U.S. military installation full-time has good reason to fear more than incoming rockets or mortars. (See pictures from the Surge...